Covers is throwing an entry into the Circa Million Pro Football contest for the 2021 season and Adam Chernoff has been tabbed to make the weekly picks so let’s dig right in.
Here are his five ATS picks for Week 3 of the Circa Million betting contest.
Week 2 record: 2-3Season to date: 7-3Place: T-345 / 4,086
Arsenal can improve on their superlative Premier League form, believes Wes Morgan, who also lauded Erling Haaland s Premier League start.
The Gunners lead the title race this season, holding an eight-point lead over defending champions Manchester City.
Mikel Arteta s side have been the team to beat in the English top-flight this term, and could end a near-two-decade wait for the crown if they hold their nerve.
But Morgan, who famously captained Leicester City to the Premier League title in 2016, feels that they may still have a way to go before they hit their ceiling.
Arsenal, they ve been building over the last couple of seasons, he told Stats Perform. That young squad firing at the top of the league, [it should not be a surprise].
They will on…
Franck Kessie s penalty salvaged a last-gasp point for Milan against Udinese at San Siro but Zlatan Ibrahimovic s absence was felt as the Rossoneri s title hopes took another blow in a 1-1 draw.
Leading scorer Ibrahimovic is set to miss up to three weeks with a thigh injury and on Wednesday s evidence Milan could struggle to cope.
With leaders Inter in action on Thursday, Milan would have moved to within a point of their city rivals with a victory, yet a mistake from Gianluigi Donnarumma looked set to cost them.
Rodrigo Becao s 68th-minute header found its way past the Italy goalkeeper, but Jens Stryger Larsen s inexplicable handball enabled Kessie to rescue a point from the penalty spot with the last kick of the game.
Draw at the San Siro
A San S…
Rafinha scored in Lionel Messi s absence as Barcelona beat the Brazilian s former club Inter 2-0 in the Champions League to move three points clear at the top of Group B.
Messi was absent due to a fractured arm that will keep him out for three weeks but Rafinha justified being brought into the team by opening the scoring in the first half at Camp Nou on Wednesday.
Luis Suarez sent in a brilliant cross and Rafinha slotted home against his old colleagues, with Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic in fine form before being beaten late on by Jordi Alba.
After taking maximum points from three rounds Barca are on the brink of qualification but Inter can expect to join them as they have a five-point cushion from winless PSV and Tottenham.
Today s crowd; 86,290 fa…
So, Manchester City s Premier League champagne remains on ice after a 2-1 defeat against Chelsea but what, if anything, did the phoney war tell us?
Raheem Sterling s first club goal since February put City ahead during a magnificently silly ending to the first half, which wrapped up with Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy being able to go to ground, get back up and still have time to catch Sergio Aguero s gentle interpretation of a Panenka.
Hakim Ziyech, as he did in the Blues 1-0 win over City in last month s FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, found the net and Chelsea looked the most likely winners from that point.
Timo Werner and Callum Hudson-Odoi each had the ball in the net from offside positions before Marcos Alonso did so legally with a scuffed effort in stoppa…
Robert Lewandowski famously scored five goals in just nine minutes for Bayern Munich against Wolfsburg five years ago today.
The Poland international achieved the astonishing feat on September 22, 2015 in a match that ultimately finished 5-1 to Bayern.
A half-time substitute, Lewandowski s heroics ensured Bayern came from behind to thrash Wolfsburg at the Allianz Arena.
Here, we look at the story behind one of the finest moments of Lewandowski s career.
.: The coach didn t have to say anything I knew what I had to do.
— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN)
WHAT HAPPENED
Then a 27-year-old, Lewandowski was introduced at half-time and fired in a four-minute hat-trick before adding two more in a breathless spell from Bayern.
Maradona s spell was rather less controversial than at Al-Wasl and on the pitch things went better, losing just once in 23 matches. However, a haul of 11 draws proved costly, as Maradona left by mutual consent after failing to guide the club to automatic promotion.
Dorados de Sinaloa – 2018-19
Another eye-catching move followed for Maradona, as he headed to Mexico s Ascenso MX, the country s second division. Some people said Maradona s useless, he raged after 4-1 debut win and he went on to lead Dorados to the Apertura and Clausura finals.
They suffered defeat to Atletico San Luis in both ties, with Maradona appearing to aim a punch at an opposing fan in post-match fracas after the Apertura defeat. Of his 41 games at the helm, Maradona claimed 20 wins (48.8 pe…
Austin ended a run of eight matches without victory by crushing Portland Timbers 4-1 in MLS.
Not since May 1 had Austin won a game but that changed on Thursday thanks to Jon Gallagher, Diego Fagundez, Alexander Ring and Hector Jimenez.
Austin – who have Hollywood star Matt McConaughey as part of their ownership group – also celebrated their first victory at Q2 Stadium.
Josh Wolff s Austin had become the third team in MLS history to fail to score in the first two home matches in franchise history after the New York Red Bulls (then-MetroStars) in 1996 and the Miami Fusion in 1998 – New York s first home goal came in the 72nd minute of their third home match (Cle Kooiman own goal), while Miami s was scored in the 27th minute of their third home match by Jerry …
Martin Tyler says he knew Sergio Aguero would score the goal to win Manchester City the Premier League in 2012 as soon as he touched the ball.
Aguero, who announced his retirement on Wednesday due to a heart condition, scored the decisive goal in the 95th minute of City s last game of the season against Queens Park Rangers to seal a 3-2 win that earned them their maiden Premier League title.
City finished with 89 points that year, the same as local rivals Manchester United, but claimed the trophy on goal difference.
Commentator Tyler marked the occasion with an iconic piece of commentary, and is keen to credit his colleagues for their part in helping him frame the moment.
I have to pay compliments to my Sky colleagues and the director Tony Mills, who…
Lionel Messi brought up another remarkable career landmark when he scored his 600th club goal against Liverpool, crowning a 3-0 Champions League semi-final win.
Although Cristiano Ronaldo beat Messi to the milestone on Saturday, Messi did not take long to follow his great rival and remind the world why his fifth-place finish in last year s Ballon d Or standings bordered on the ludicrous.
Trying to pick out the best of his 600 club goals is fiendishly difficult, but we have done our utmost to present a chronological top 10.
Albacete (H): May 1, 2005
Even at 17, Messi had the confidence of a veteran. Having already had one goal wrongly ruled out for offside an audacious chip from the edge of the box Messi s confidence was far from knocked and j…
Massimiliano Allegri warned Torino will be preparing for the match of their lifetime against Juventus in Saturday s Serie A clash.
After opening their campaign without a win in four league games, Juve finally picked up a victory against Spezia before defeating Sampdoria to string together back-to-back 3-2 triumphs.
Federico Chiesa then inspired Juve against Chelsea as he fired in the fastest second-half goal in Champions League history, claiming a 1-0 win as Allegri s resurgent players continue to turn around their season around.
However, the Bianconeri have conceded in each of their last 20 top-flight games – only conceding more consecutively in 1955 (21) – and Allegri warned that local rivals Torino could prove tougher opponents than Chelsea.
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